Overview
One-year ACGME-accredited surgical critical care fellowship leading to ABS certification eligibility, with optional second-year acute care surgery or research instructorship.
The programme
- Focus
- Trauma & acute care surgery / surgical critical care
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year (optional second year)
- Start
- 2027–2028 fellowship year
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- ACGME
- Department
- Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- At least three years of ACGME-accredited general surgery training in the United States
- International applicants
- Institution policyIMGs welcome to apply; must hold a valid ECFMG certificate and be able to obtain Medical Board of California licensure; non-ACGME fellowships need ACGME Non-Standard Training recognition before J-1 sponsorship
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 (ECFMG) is the primary visa; H-1B permitted only in some circumstances with GME approval; O-1 rarely, varies by department
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyMedical Board of California Postgraduate Training License required within 180 days of starting an ACGME programme (USMLE Steps 1 & 2 CK passed); non-ACGME programmes require a full California licence by the start date
How to apply
- Deadline
- 1 July 2026 (2027–2028 cycle; match announced 26 August 2026)
- Application method
- SAFAS (Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Application Service); NRMP Surgical Critical Care Match
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyPaid on Stanford Health Care housestaff scale 2026-27: PGY4 $113,276.80, PGY5 $119,558.40, PGY6 $124,280.00, PGY7 $130,540.80 (base includes housing allowance)